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Build Guide

Gameplay recordings

• GR 65 solo (2.3 PTR)
• GR 66 solo (2.3 PTR)
• Season 4 GR 65 solo #1

Items

• Head: Uliana's Spirit (Dex, Vit, Socket (Diamond), Exploding Palm Damage)
• Shoulder: Uliana's Strength (CDR, Dex, Vit, Area Damage)
• Amulet: Hellfire Amulet (Cold %, Critical Hit Damage, Dex, Socket) or The Flavor of Time (CDR, Cold %, Critical Hit Damage, Socket, Dex)
• Torso: Uliana's Heart (Dex, Vit, 3 Sockets (Emerald), Life % / Elite damage reduction)
• Wrists: Gungdo Gear (Cold %, Dex, Vit, Life regeneration / Life on Hit / Armor) - Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm
• Hands: Uliana's Fury (CDR, Dex, Critical Hit Damage, Vit or Area Damage)
• Waist: Binding of the Lost (Dex, Vit, Life %, Life regeneration) - Each hit with Seven-Sided Strike grants [3.0-3.5]% damage reduction for 7 seconds
• Legs: Uliana's Burden (Dex, Vit, 2 Sockets (Emerald), Life regeneration / Armor)
• Feet: Uliana's Destiny (Dex, Vit, Exploding Palm Damage, Life regeneration / Movement Speed / Armor)
• Rings: Focus, Restraint (Socket, CDR, Critical Hit Damage, Dex or Area Damage)
• Weapon: Lion's Claw (CDR, Socket (Emerald), Dex, Area Damage) - Seven-Sided Strike performs an additional 7 strikes
• Offhand: The Fist of Az'Turrasq (CDR, Socket (Emerald), Dex, Area Damage) - Exploding Palms on-death explosion damage is increased by [75-100]%

Stack secondary resistances -> Harmony is increasing all resistances based on your secondary (single element) resistances.

Gems

• Bane of the Trapped
• Increases damage done to enemies under the control-impairing effects by 15%. Upgrade: +0.3% additional damage per Rank.
• Gain an aura that slows the movement speed of enemies within 15 yards by 30% (Requires Rank 25)

• Bane of the Stricken
• Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%. Upgrade: +0.01% damage per Rank.
• Gain 25% increased damage against Rift Guardians and bosses (Requires Rank 25)

• Gogok of Swiftness
• 50% chance on hit to gain 1% increased Attack Speed for 4 seconds. Stacks up to 15 times. Upgrade: +1% chance per hit per Rank.
• Also gain 1% Cooldown Reduction per stack of Swiftness (Requires Rank 25)

Kanai's Cube

• Weapon: The Flow of Eternity - Reduces CDR of Seven-Sided Strike
• Jewelry: Broken Promises - 100% Critical Hit Chance for 3 seconds after 5 consecutive non-critical hits
• Armor: Madstone - Seven-Sided Strike applies Exploding Palm
• Armor alternative for more toughness: Spirit Guards - Your Spirit Generators reduce your damage taken by [30-40]% for 3 seconds

5th passive skill choices (Hellfire Amulet)

• Sixth Sense
• The Guardians Path
• Momentum

Playstyle

• Use Seven-Sided Strike on cooldown
• Dash once after SSS to get the dodge chance buff
• Use Way of the Hundred Fists - Assimilation when SSS is on cooldown to get F&R and an increased damage buff
• Use Epiphany on cooldown
• => the basic rotation is: Dash -> Assimilation (until SSS is ready) -> SSS ...

Advantages of this build

• You don't need any Critical Hit Chance due to Broken Promise: you gain space for stats which increase your toughness or damage:
• 2 x 650 Dex on rings
• 1000 Dex on amulet
• 1000 Vit on head
• 1000 Vit on gloves

Skill adjustments

• Mantra of Conviction - Annihilation for lower GRs, Bounties and normal rifts - Nearby enemies take increased damage & Killing an enemy that is affected by Mantra of Conviction grants you and your allies increased movement speed.
• Dashing Strike - Way of the Falling Star for lower GRs, Bounties and normal rifts - Gain 20% increased movement speed for 4 seconds after using Dashing Strike.

Example party setup

• 2 Player: + Support
• 3 Player: + Support + DPS
• 4 Player: + Support + 2 DPS

Further information or "Why do you use...?"

• Mantra of Salvation - Agility : Aditional dodge chance - this will keep you alive when SSS is not available
• Dashing Strike - Blinding Speed: Additional dodge chance - this will keep you alive when SSS is not available
• Exploding Palm - Impending Doom: High AOE Damage
• Gogok of Swiftness: Additional CDR - CDR is a crucial component -> more SSS
• Seven-Sided Strike - Sustained Attack: Reduces the CDR of SSS -> more SSS

Remember

• Don't have any Critical Hit Chance on your items and don't use paragon points in Critical Hit Chance.
• CDR is important.